A few weeks ago, I was going to meet a friend visiting from Japan at the Botanical Gardens in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park....

I’m really excited to tell you that you can now find The Heated dish towels in Portland, OR and Provo UT. Tender Loving Empire is the...

I’m in the last stages of releasing a new design (it will be released in late March) and it’s going to be the F Market train. Designing...

As I mentioned last week, I’ve been restoring a drum kit. Here are the results. The finish is black diamond pearl. Of course I added a...

My dad had this drum kit sitting in his garage. He told me I could have it years ago but I always fly home and have been unable to bring...

I took last week off and visited my parents in Southern California. While my mom and I were on our way to the Norton Simon, we stopped at...

A few weeks ago, I awoke at five in the morning to the familiar but dreaded sound of a mosquito buzzing around my head. Mosquitoes love...

Did you know that I do some woodworking? I’m pretty terrible at it, which is great because fixing all my mistakes makes me slightly less...

Are you familiar with the store Local Take in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco? You should be! They opened up in May of last year...

The day before the holiday Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco this year, I found myself awake at four thirty in the morning, filled...

2013 was a year of big change for me. I left my job as a secretary to take The Heated full-time at the end of June. I’ve been trying to...

There is one craft fair left in my holiday season for 2013 and it’s a big one! The Renegade Craft Fair is full of hand-crafted goods for...

I’m tired, it’s true. I’ve been printing and ironing and selling and it’s not over! But darn it, I’m still excited to get my vend on this...

I was at a party last week and noticed this hanging in the bathroom. They decided to use my “Fern” dish towel as a hand towel, which I...

This will mark my second year with the San Francisco Bazaar (formerly Bazaar Bizarre) and I’m excited to be involved! It’s happening this...

This Thursday, December 5th will mark my first time at IDEO’s Wunderfaire. Come out, won’t you? Thursday, December 5th, 2013 Wunderfaire ...

It has occurred to me that my Cedar dish towel looks an awful lot like a Christmas tree. It seems to me that trimming the tree is the...

Guess where The Heated is being carried now? I’ll give you some hints. Here are my towels on the table in the shop. Maybe you’ve seen the...

You should come to this, Oakland! Please note that it’s being held in the building next door to where it was previously in Jack London...

Over the summer, I printed a few napkins and tested them at a few craft fairs and markets. The testing went well enough for me to develop...